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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Tanyard. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Tanyard to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tanyard, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Tanyard (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Tanyard. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Tanyard is historic, it would have been located within present day Fayette County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fayette County: Benton (MS), Marshall (MS), Hardeman, Haywood, Shelby & Tipton.
Below are the counties that are near Tanyard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tanyard:
- Fayette County (The home county of Tanyard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Somerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- La Grange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- La Grange is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Forty Five
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Forty Five is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Five
- Williston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Williston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Moscow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Feathers Chapel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
- Fayette Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fayette Corners is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Corners
- Macon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- New Bethel
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Bethel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
- Canadaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Elba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Silerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silerton is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Deanburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deanburg is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,395 people
- Masseyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Masseyville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyville
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Newcastle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newcastle is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
- Hickory Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Valley is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Whiteville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saulsbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saulsbury is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Bolivar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers Springs is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Springs
- Vildo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Vildo is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vildo
- Shandy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shandy is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shandy
- Middleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Toone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Toone is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
- Hornsby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hornsby is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Teague
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Teague is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,181 people
- Essary Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Dancyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dancyville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancyville
- Eurekaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eurekaton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eurekaton
- Hillville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hillville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillville
- Fredonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Ko Ko
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Stanton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Mercer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Denmark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Medon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McNairy County
- Rose Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rose Creek is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Creek
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Collierville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bailey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bailey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Lakeland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cordova
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Forest Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Gailor
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gailor is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gailor
- Estimated population in 2014: 468 people
- Mason
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Estimated population in 2014: 671 people
- Gainesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
- Benton County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Michigan City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Canaan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Canaan is located in Benton County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Ashland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Snow Lake Shores
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Snow Lake Shores is located in Benton County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Marshall County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Slayden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Slayden is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Mount Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hudsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hudsonville is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsonville
- Atway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Atway is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atway
- Taska
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Taska is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taska
- Cayce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cayce is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Barton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barton is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Holly Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Banks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tippah County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Walnut
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tiplersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Falkner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitten Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Whitten Town is located in Tippah County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
- Gravestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tanyard, see our County-by-County Page for Tanyard.
Cemeteries Near Tanyard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tanyard.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Tanyard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tanyard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Mt. Comfort Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gatley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Parks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dupree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smiths Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moody Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brooks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (519 more) ...
- Asbury African American Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Asbury Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Asbury Chapel Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the south of Somerville.
- The Asbury Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Asbury Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8722 <4>
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Tanyard in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tanyard.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Newcastle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newcastle is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
- Hickory Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Valley is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- La Grange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- La Grange is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Grand Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Middleburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Middleburg is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg
- Ina ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ina is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ina
- Somerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Williston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Williston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Moscow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saulsbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saulsbury is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Whiteville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Michigan City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Warren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Warren is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Bolivar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yum Yum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yum Yum is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yum Yum
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tanyard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tanyard.
Newspapers Published in Tanyard ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tanyard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tanyard, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tanyard.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Tanyard:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Hancock County
- Hardeman County
- Haywood County
- Madison County
- McNairy County
- Shelby County
- Tipton County
- Benton County
- Marshall County
- Tippah County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tanyard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tanyard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |